Author: GRAHAM GREENE
Title: The Heart of the Matter
Description: Open Road Media, 2018. Pocket. Pp: 274. "From first page to last. . . an engrossing novel" of betrayal and espionage on a colonial outpost during World War II (The New York Times). In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he`s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated in a loveless marriage, and belittled by the wives of more privileged officers, Louise wants out. Feeling responsible for her unhappiness, Henry decides against his better judgment to accept a loan from a black marketeer to secure Louise`s passage. It`s just a single indiscretion, yet for Henry it precipitates a rapid fall from grace as one moral compromise after another leads him into a web of blackmail, adultery, and murder. And for a devout man like Henry, there may be nothing left but damnation. Drawn from Graham Greene`s own experiences as a British intelligence officer in Sierra Leone, The Heart of the Matter is "a powerful, deep-striking novel. . . of a spirit lost in the darkness of the flesh" (New York Herald Tribune). . ISBN: 9781504052528. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781504052528
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Title: The Heart of the Matter
Description: Open Road Media, 2018. Pocket. Pp: 274. "From first page to last. . . an engrossing novel" of betrayal and espionage on a colonial outpost during World War II (The New York Times). In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he`s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated in a loveless marriage, and belittled by the wives of more privileged officers, Louise wants out. Feeling responsible for her unhappiness, Henry decides against his better judgment to accept a loan from a black marketeer to secure Louise`s passage. It`s just a single indiscretion, yet for Henry it precipitates a rapid fall from grace as one moral compromise after another leads him into a web of blackmail, adultery, and murder. And for a devout man like Henry, there may be nothing left but damnation. Drawn from Graham Greene`s own experiences as a British intelligence officer in Sierra Leone, The Heart of the Matter is "a powerful, deep-striking novel. . . of a spirit lost in the darkness of the flesh" (New York Herald Tribune). . ISBN: 9781504052528. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781504052528
Price: EUR 5.00 = appr. US$ 5.43 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1870903
- Book number: 1870903
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